Playing it Straight
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Playing it Straight is a reality show where one woman spends time on a ranch with a group of men, in an attempt to discern which of them is homosexual and which of them is heterosexual. All of these men pretend to be heterosexual. She goes on individual dates with the men, as well as engaging in group activities with them. Over the course of the episodes, she votes to eliminate the men she believes to be gay.
At the end of the show she must choose one man. If he is heterosexual man they split the prize money, if he is gay then he receives all the money (and the woman receives nothing).
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Fox Show
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The show was first broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network and premiered on March 12, 2004. The program was set on a Nevada ranch and Jackie (no last name given) spent time with 14 men with a chance to win $1 million. It was hosted by Daphne Brogdon and officially canceled after three episodes due to low ratings.
Contestants
- Gust (eliminated week 1, straight)
- Louis (eliminated week 1, straight)
- Alex (eliminated week 2, gay)
- Ryan (eliminated week 2, straight)
- Chad (eliminated week 3, gay)
- Eddie (left the show week 3, gay)
- John (eliminated week 4, gay)
- Lee (eliminated week 4, gay)
- Luciano (eliminated week 5, gay)
- Bradley (eliminated week 5, gay)
- Bill (eliminated week 6, gay)
- Sharif (eliminated week 8, straight)
- Chris (eliminated week 8, gay)
- Banks (winner, straight)
Channel 4
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Channel 4 (UK) broadcast their own version of the show, first episode on 8 April 2005, as part of their Twisted Dating Season. The show is set on a Mexican ranch and Zoe is spending time with 12 men. Ten men started the show and two more, Lee and Marco, were added in week 3 - it was revealed when they arrived that one was gay and one straight. The prize money was £100,000 and the show was hosted by June Sarpong.
Contestants
- Pretesh (eliminated week 1, straight)
- Raphael (eliminated week 1, straight)
- Demetrius (eliminated week 2, gay)
- George (eliminated week 2, straight)
- Lee (eliminated week 3, gay)
- Peter (eliminated week 3, gay)
- Jonny (eliminated week 4, gay)
- Alex (eliminated week 5, gay)
- Daniel K (eliminated week 5, straight)
- Marco (elminated week 6, straight)
- Danny B (elminated week 6, straight)
- Ben (winner, gay, but split money with Zoe)
Seven Network
An Australian version of the show aired on the Seven Network starting October 2004. Despite much of the hype surrounding it the show bombed in the ratings and was quickly pulled from the schedule. The remaining episodes were later aired sporadically over the next six months.
See also
- Boy Meets Boy (a 2003 program on the Bravo network in which a gay man successfully chose another gay man from a mixed group of gay and heterosexual men).
External links
- Fox's Playing it Straight website (http://fox.com/playingitstraight/)
- Channel 4's Playing it Straight website (http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/P/play_straight/)sv:Straight eller gay?